JPMORGAN CHASE WHALE TRADES: A CASE HISTORY OF DERIVATIVES RISKS AND ABUSES
JPMORGAN CHASE WHALE TRADES: A CASE HISTORY OF DERIVATIVES RISKS AND ABUSES
JPMORGAN CHASE WHALE TRADES: A CASE HISTORY OF DERIVATIVES RISKS AND ABUSES
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(a) Background ....................................................166<br />
(b)Developing a New VaR Model .....................................168<br />
(c) Breaching the VaR Limit ..........................................172<br />
(d)Raising the VaR Limit Temporarily .................................177<br />
(e) Winning Approval of the New VaR Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180<br />
(f) Using the New VaR Model to Increase Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182<br />
(g)Failing to Lower the VaR Limit.....................................183<br />
(h) Operating and Implementation Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185<br />
(2) Ignoring Comprehensive Risk Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187<br />
(a) Background ....................................................187<br />
(b)Challenging the CRM Results ......................................188<br />
(c) Gaming the CRM Model ..........................................192<br />
(3) Ignoring Repeated Breaches of Credit Spread Risk Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198<br />
(a) Breaching CS01 Risk Limit ........................................198<br />
(b)Breaching CSW10% Risk Limit ....................................205<br />
(4) Overlooking Stress Loss Limit Breaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207<br />
(5) Disregarding Stop Loss Advisories .....................................208<br />
(6) Missing Concentration Limits .........................................211<br />
D. Responding to the Risk Limit Failures .....................................213<br />
E. Analysis ..............................................................215<br />
VI. AVOIDING <strong>AND</strong> CONDUCTING OCC OVERSIGHT .........................216<br />
A. Overview of OCC's Oversight Role ........................................218<br />
B. Pre-2012: Avoiding OCC Oversight As the SCP Develops .....................220<br />
(1) 2006-2009: Minimizing OCC Oversight As SCP Expands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221<br />
(2) 2010: Resisting OCC Examination Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222<br />
(3) 2011: Missing SCP Red Flags ........................................225<br />
C. 2012: Dodging OCC Oversight While SCP Losses Mount .....................227<br />
(1) Misinforming OCC that SCP Book to be Reduced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227<br />
(2) Failing to Provide OCC with CIO Data..................................230<br />
(3) Failing to Investigate Risk Limit Breaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232<br />
(4) Miscasting Long Acquisitions As Risk Reducing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234<br />
D. 2012: Resisting OCC Oversight Even After Whale Trades Became Public ......236<br />
(1) Providing OCC with Limited or Incorrect Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237<br />
(2) Updating OCC Only When Losses About to Become Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241<br />
(3) Hiding Problems with the Marks .......................................244<br />
E. OCC Aftermath ........................................................246<br />
F. Analysis .............................................................251<br />
VII. MISINFORMING INVESTORS, REGULATORS <strong>AND</strong> THE PUBLIC ............252<br />
A. Public Disclosure of Whale Trades and SCP ................................255<br />
B. Securities Laws ........................................................262<br />
(1) Rule 10b-5 ........................................................263<br />
(2) Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265<br />
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